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The 65th Annual

New York Planning Federation

PLANNING & ZONING

CONFERENCE

SEPTEMBER 21 - 24

LAKE PLACID HILTON RESORT

LAKE PLACID, NEW YORK

 

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

 


In partnership with

Association of Towns of New York State

New York State Conference of Mayors

 

Co-sponsors:

Albany Law School

New York State Association of County Planning Directors

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

New York State Department of State

 


SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 21st

1:00 to 5:00: 2nd ANNUAL NYPF OPEN GOLF TOURNAMENT

3:00: CONFERENCE REGISTRATION

4:00: ORIENTATION TBA

5:30: RECEPTION AT THE HILTON

8:00 -- EVENING SESSION - Olympian presenter 

 

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22nd

REGISTRATION,  EXHIBITOR AREA OPEN, 8:00 am

 

9 am

to 10:15 am

 

WELCOME & PLENARY 

Gene Bunnell, author: “Making Places Special: Stories of Places Made Better by Planning”

 

BREAK

 

 

10:30

 to noon

 

THE PRACTICAL GUIDE TO COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING

 

 

MUNICIPAL ABANDONMENT/

MUNICIPAL RECOMMITTMENT

 

 

SHAPING & PRESERVING COMMUNITY CHARACTER

 

PLANNING CASE LAW UPDATES

 

 

12:00 -- LUNCH and Presentation

“History and Management of State Lands in the Adirondack Park” (Jim Townsend)

 

 

1:30 

to 3:00 pm

 

CONDUCTING EFFECTIVE MEETINGS & HEARINGS

 

 

 

2003 TOOLS FOR LAND USE PLANNING

 

 

 

UPDATE ON LEGAL ISSUES REGARDING LAKES

 

ZONING CASE LAW UPDATES

 

 

 

COUNTY PLANNERS

MEETING

 

 

 

BREAK

 

3:15 to 4:45 pm

 

ADVANCED SEQR:

COMMUNITY CHARACTER ISSUES

 

 

 

STORMWATER MANAGEMENT

 

READING & INTERPRETING MAPS, PLANS & PLATS

 

 

HOT BUTTON ISSUES:

Gravel Mining

Housing

Non-taxable properties

 

COUNTY PLANNERS MEETING (continued)

 

DINE AROUND IN LAKE PLACID


           TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23rd     

               REGISTRATION, EXHIBITOR AREA OPEN, 8:00 am

 

9 am

to 10:30 am

 

FOIL & THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW

 

 

 

 

SITE PLAN REVIEW & SPECIAL USE PERMITS 2003

 

 

 

 

WASTEWATER TREATMENT & NON-POINT SOURCE POLLUTION

 

 

PLANNING FOR A HEALTHY INFRASTRUCTURE

Pedestrian and bicycle-friendly communities

 

 

 

 

 

BREAK

 

 

10:45 am

to Noon

 

SURVIVAL GUIDE TO PLANNING AND ZONING

what really goes on at board meetings?

 

 

TBA

 

UPDATE ON RECORDS, FINDINGS & DECISIONS

 

 

 

 EFFECTIVE ENFORCEMENT

 

 

 

 

     LUNCH, Noon to 1:00

 LUNCHEON & NYPF AWARDS PRESENTATION

 

 

1:00 pm

 to 2:30 pm

 

UPDATES ON ETHICS IN PLANNING & ZONING

 

 

 

FRANCHISE DESIGN & COMMUNITY CHARACTER

 

 

CASE STUDIES IN GIS APPLICATION

 

 

 

SUBDIVISION REVIEW UPDATES

 

 

BREAK

 

2:45 to

4:00

 

3:00

BOAT RIDE AROUND LAKE PLACID

 

WHAT STYLE IS IT?

 architecture in the Adirondacks

 

FREE TIME TO HIKE, SHOP, SIGHTSEE

 

TBA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5:30 PM -- RECEPTION AT THE HOTEL       6:30 -- BANQUET

9:30 -- ENTERTAINMENT IN THE DANCING BEAR LOUNGE

 

   WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24th

 

 

IN-DEPTH  SKILLS  TRAINING

 

9 am

to noon

 

 

GRANTWRITING WORKSHOP

 

 

 

DRAFTING & UPDATING LAND USE CODES

 

 

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Troy, NY 12180
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